As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial

Name: As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: 2024-01-22
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Kemba, Killer Mike, Bun B, Mac Phipps, Glasses Malone

Hip Hop takes the stand.

As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial (2024)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Video for the film As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial — Meet the Artist 2024: J.M. Harper on "As We Speak"

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Release date

2024-01-22

Country

United States

Production

MTV Entertainment Studios, Park Pictures Features, District 33, Strike Anywhere

Genre

Music, Documentary

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Director

J.M. Harper

Actors

Kemba, Killer Mike, Bun B, Mac Phipps, Glasses Malone, Stash P, Ari Melber
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Producer

Sam Bisbee, Peter Cambor, J.M. Harper, Sam Widdoes, Lance Acord, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Cody Ryder, Max Allman, Bruce Gillmer, Ryan Simon

Camera operator

Logan Triplett

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Emma Backman
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Short description

Bronx rap artist Kemba explores the growing weaponization of rap lyrics in the United States criminal justice system and abroad — revealing how law enforcement has quietly used artistic creation as evidence in criminal cases for decades.